Thursday, May 28, 2015

The Flats East Bank project began with
the idea to rebuild and revitalize a largely empty section of downtown Cleveland, located along the east bank of the Cuyahoga River. New development
was devised and a plan to build a vibrant and livable urban district complete
with housing, entertainment & retail destinations, and office space emerged.
The combined effect of these new elements near the downtown core that would not
only draw tenants to new buildings but help reinvigorate a part of Cleveland
suffering from economic stagnation.

The idea to capitalize on Cleveland’s
underdeveloped waterfront is not new per se and the initial plans for the Flats East Bank appeared more than a decade ago. However because of various limiting factors
(most notably the 2008 Financial Crisis that destroyed many developers’ access
to traditional credit sources) the Flats East Bank seemed destined to remain an
intriguing concept of new downtown Cleveland development.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

Welcome to Cleveland International Fund’s first in a series of blog posts that provide an insider’s view of how the USCIS’ EB-5 Program is helping finance economic development across Greater Cleveland.

For those new to our blog EB-5 is the US Government’s Immigrant Investor program that allows foreign nationals who invest a significant amount of vetted capital into a job-creating US project or business to then be eligible for US residency. CiF is a USCIS Regional Center, which is a private company authorized by the USCIS to create and market these kinds of investments.

About CiF

Cleveland International Fund (CiF) is a private equity fund that finances local, job-creating projects by raising investment funds from around the globe. Operating under a US government program known as EB-5, we offer our foreign investors and their families an expedited path to permanent US Residency. We also fulfill a mission of financing job-creating projects that spur economic development in our community.

Disclaimer

This material is not an offer or solicitation to invest in any security, does not form part of any existing or future solicitation or offering, and is provided for general information purposes only and not as immigration, investment or tax advice. Security offerings, if any, will only be made pursuant to exemptions from registration requirements set out in applicable securities laws. The content hereof is qualified in its entirety by any offering memorandum and related operating agreement that may exist now or in the future.